After taking a couple short travel days, we arrived at Annie Springs in Crater Lake National Park in a blizzard. What are we doing here you ask? Derek and I are living in our trailer here over the summer and earning some extra money. He is working as a chef and I am working in …
The weather looked a little threatening so we decided to just do an exploratory ride from our boondocking spot along Willard Creek. We had to turn around once we hit snow, but our ride was 14 miles with 1, 556′ of climbing. This area is a maze of forest service gravel roads that wind up …
We saw flyers for a mountain bike race to be held at the end of the month at Susanville Ranch Park and decided to go check out the trails. Susanville Ranch Park is a 1,100-acre park property owned and managed by Lassen County and the Bureau of Land Management as a shared-use recreation area. Tired …
Derek and I drove the short distance to Lake Almanor one day to ride the path that skirts one side of the lake. It’s paved but heavily covered in tree branches, needles, and pine cones from the winter. We started at the PG&E damn and rode to the end and back for 22.2 miles with …
Stopped by snow heading west the other day, this time we rode into town along the Bizz Johnson Rail Trail. Our plan was to take the South Side singletrack one way and the rail trail back. That plan was derailed (haha) when we found the bridge out crossing Susan River right by the Devil’s Corral …
We had a couple short moving days to get up here to Susanville, CA. I hate sitting for more than a few hours so we never drive very far. We boondocked one night in a defunct drive in movie theater lot which was interesting. Our new spot is long Willard Creek on the edge of …
I will be back to ride this again. It was that good. Ella Mountain is the newest trail in Caliente, NV and it is a true gem. We rode the top section as an out and back and next time I’d like to check out more. The entire trail is 25 miles with 3000′ of …
For our third day of riding in Caliente, NV we headed to Barnes Canyon to ride the network. For this small town, they sure are doing a fantastic job with mountain biking trails. We rode a loop at Barnes Canyon of 14 miles with 1478′ of climbing. From the giant graded parking lot complete with …
This short ride out and back through Condor Canyon was 11.3 miles with only 595′ of climbing making it perfect for almost a day off. The canyon starts just outside the tiny town of Panaca, Nevada which was a settled by Mormons back in 1857. The railroad used to go through this canyon so the …
We are camped for a few days at Kershaw Ryan State Park in Caliente, NV. It’s a small place with towering walls up to 700 feet high behind us. Kershaw-Ryan State Park is an oasis in the desert, a sharp contrast to the rugged landscape that surrounds it. Natural springs grow a garden of wild …